[RaceBannon]

Mormons have been baptised for the dead for about a century now, this is not new news.

In the Bible, anyone who got baptised was alive, and they chose to do it the selves, doing it for someone is a foolish practice that has no merit for either person.

[GeekDejure]

Mormons have been baptised for the dead for about a century now, this is not new news.

I'll bet the Scientologeezers are pissed that the Mormons beat 'em to the draw on this freeky farce... but then again, I don't think Mormons use a phony lie detector to extract info from their members the way L.Ron's gang does !!! ;-))

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[Verginius Rufus]

The Mormon practice of baptism for the dead is based on First Corinthians 15:29 ("Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? why are they then baptized for the dead?"). They claim to have revived a practice which the other churches have forgotten.

I haven't looked at any commentaries to see what the Biblical experts say about this verse, but Paul definitely seems to be speaking of an ongoing practice of people being baptized on behalf of dead persons.